What are the economic implications of a second Donald Trump presidency for the US, the world and Australia?
As we know, Trump has a powerful – and seemingly debilitating – psychological effect on the great majority of commentators. Very few seem capable of detached, balanced and nuanced analysis.
Many of my fellow economists, the vast majority of whom are politically to the left of centre, have fallen over themselves to denounce Trump’s economics.
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David Pearl is a former Treasury assistant secretary. Between 2008 and 2012, he was Treasury’s senior representative in Washington DC
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